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C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake)

Basic Information of C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 0.230137
Eccentricity 0.999861
Inclination (deg) 125.309900
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 186.557700
Argument of perihelion (deg) 129.371300
Epoch 2023-02-25T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 67368.592014

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 1996-04-23T03:55:26.400
Period (years) 67368.592014

Magnitude

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Ephemeris

Date (UTC) RA (J2000) Dec (J2000) Δ (AU) Motion (arcsec/hr) Dir (deg) Nearest HIP Dist (arcmin)
2025-11-21 13:47:07.84 -58:03:02.1 54.074 2.71 125.8 HIP 67251 1.40
2025-11-22 13:47:14.49 -58:03:40.2 54.075 2.71 126.5 HIP 67251 1.65
2025-11-23 13:47:21.09 -58:04:18.9 54.076 2.71 127.2 HIP 67251 2.41
2025-11-24 13:47:27.61 -58:04:58.1 54.077 2.70 127.9 HIP 67251 3.35
2025-11-25 13:47:34.06 -58:05:37.9 54.077 2.69 128.6 HIP 67251 4.35
2025-11-26 13:47:40.44 -58:06:18.2 54.077 2.69 129.3 HIP 67251 5.37
2025-11-27 13:47:46.75 -58:06:59.0 54.077 2.68 129.9 HIP 67251 6.41
2025-11-28 13:47:52.98 -58:07:40.3 54.077 2.67 130.6 HIP 67251 7.45
2025-11-29 13:47:59.13 -58:08:22.1 54.077 2.67 131.4 HIP 67251 8.49
2025-11-30 13:48:05.20 -58:09:04.4 54.076 2.66 132.1 HIP 67251 9.54
2025-12-01 13:48:11.19 -58:09:47.1 54.075 2.65 132.8 HIP 67251 10.58
2025-12-02 13:48:17.10 -58:10:30.3 54.074 2.64 133.5 HIP 67251 11.62
2025-12-03 13:48:22.92 -58:11:14.0 54.073 2.63 134.2 HIP 67251 12.66
2025-12-04 13:48:28.66 -58:11:58.1 54.072 2.63 134.9 HIP 67251 13.70
2025-12-05 13:48:34.30 -58:12:42.6 54.070 2.62 135.7 HIP 67251 14.73
2025-12-06 13:48:39.86 -58:13:27.5 54.068 2.61 136.4 HIP 67251 15.76
2025-12-07 13:48:45.32 -58:14:12.8 54.066 2.61 136.4 HIP 67251 16.78